The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (Statutory Committee, Scrutiny Committee and Advisers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Suspension and removal of Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee members

6.—(1) The Council must remove from the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee any member—

(a) who resigns from membership of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee in accordance with these regulations;

(b) whose term of office has expired;

(c) who, in the case of a registered person, has ceased to be registered;

(d) who, in the opinion of the Council,—

(i) has ceased to be an appropriate person to be a member of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee (for example, by reason of misconduct or a criminal conviction),

(ii) has seriously or persistently failed to meet the standards of performance, conduct, attendance or participation in training required of a member of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee in the ordinary course of a member’s duties,

(iii) is unable to perform the duties of a member because of ill health,

(iv) has improperly disclosed confidential information obtained by the member in the course of membership of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee,

(v) has brought the Society into disrepute,

(vi) has failed to comply with the code of conduct for Statutory Committee and Scrutiny Committee members,

(vii) should no longer continue to be a member of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee in the public interest.

(2) The Council may suspend a member of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee while investigations are being undertaken into the member’s suitability to remain as a member of that committee.

(3) The Council must afford any member of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee who is under investigation the opportunity to make written and oral representations before reaching a decision as to whether to remove that member from the relevant committee.

(4) The procedure for the suspension or removal of a member of the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee is to be prepared by the Council and a copy must be given to every member of the Statutory Committee and Scrutiny Committee.